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Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal ActSection 3 › Proposal

One medal goes to the Lake Placid Olympic Center

To award 3 Congressional Gold Medals to the members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team, in recognition of their extraordinary achievement at the 1980 Winter Olympics where, being comprised of amateur collegiate players, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey team in the historic “Miracle on Ice”, revitalizing American morale at the height of the Cold War, inspiring generations and transforming the sport of hockey in the United States, section 3, Sec. 3. Written by .

One medal goes to the Lake Placid Olympic Center

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“one gold medal shall be given to the Lake Placid Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York, where it shall be displayed and made available for research, as appropriate”

To award 3 Congressional Gold Medals to the members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team, in recognition of their extraordinary achievement at the 1980 Winter Olympics where, being comprised of amateur collegiate players, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey team in the historic “Miracle on Ice”, revitalizing American morale at the height of the Cold War, inspiring generations and transforming the sport of hockey in the United States, Sec. 3

The first of the three directions in subsection (c), which govern what happens after the award. One medal goes to the Lake Placid Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York, the place the first finding names as the site of the games. The subsection attaches two conditions to the gift, in the same words for each of the three: the medal is to be displayed, and made available for research, as appropriate. The subsection does not name who is to give the medals, only that it happens following the award.

What the document actually says

“one gold medal shall be given to the Lake Placid Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York, where it shall be displayed and made available for research, as appropriate”

To award 3 Congressional Gold Medals to the members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team, in recognition of their extraordinary achievement at the 1980 Winter Olympics where, being comprised of amateur collegiate players, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey team in the historic “Miracle on Ice”, revitalizing American morale at the height of the Cold War, inspiring generations and transforming the sport of hockey in the United States, Sec. 3
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One gold medal goes to the Lake Placid Olympic Center. It is in Lake Placid, New York. The center must put it on show.

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The center must also let people study it. That is what the law means by research. Lake Placid is where the 1980 games were played.

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